[ath9k-devel] Sony Vaio 9287 Problems

[ath9k-devel] Sony Vaio 9287 Problems

[Brad Pepers]

I have a Sony Vaio laptop (model VPCF111FDB) with an Atheros 9287 device in it.  This is the lspci output:

02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 002e (rev 01)

I'm running OpenSuSE 11.2 (32 bit) which uses kernel 2.6.31 so it doesn't have support for the 9287 device by default.  I've downloaded the sources from the web site, done the make, and loaded the new modules but I don't get any further.  I see the following in the dmesg output when I rmmod and then modprobe the ath9k module:

[ 1647.753721] ath9k: Driver unloaded
[ 1757.500801] Generic kernel compatibility enabled based on linux-2.6.33-rc4
[ 1757.533523] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 1763.475470] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 1763.475500] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1763.564373] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
[ 1763.564376] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 1763.564380] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 1763.564382] ath: Regpair used: 0x65
[ 1763.565070] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
[ 1763.566965] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::radio
[ 1763.566998] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::assoc
[ 1763.567029] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::tx
[ 1763.567059] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::rx
[ 1763.567083] phy0: Atheros AR9287 Rev:2 mem=0xf80c0000, irq=16
[ 1767.859337] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

Here is the iwconfig output:

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

I've tried setting the access point but it doesn't ever change in the iwconfig output.

Should this be working?  Do I need to load firmware?  Any ideas?

I've tried both compat-wireless-2.6.32.8 and compat-wireless-2.6.33 but get the same results with both.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Brad

[ath9k-devel] Sony Vaio 9287 Problems

[Pavel Roskin]

On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 20:52 -0700, Brad Pepers wrote:

> Here is the iwconfig output:
> 
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any
>           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm
>           Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
> 
> I've tried setting the access point but it doesn't ever change in the iwconfig output.

You need hostapd to use any mac80211 based driver in the AP mode.

> Should this be working?  Do I need to load firmware?  Any ideas?

Some ideas can be in the further dmesg output.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin